1937 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1937 between Essendon and Richmond during round five of the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Keith Forbes captained the hosts with Len Webster as vice-captain. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Essendon (8.15.63) were defeated by Richmond (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 22 May 1937
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Richmond
Score: 8.15.63 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 3 . 6 6 . 11 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Richmond 4 . 5 7 . 5 12 . 8 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin RICH by 21 RICH by 23 RICH by 33 RICH by 52 RICH by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Vice-Captain: Len Webster
Coach: Jack Baggott

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Murphy

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
19 Cassin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) ? ? 3 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 3 ?
23 Kelly, Frank ? ? 2 ?
6 Lahiff, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
11 Luff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 Maltby, Arnold ? ? 0 ?
2 McDermott, Norm ? ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Plummer, Elton ? ? 0 ?
15 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick ? ? 0 ?
21 Rippon, Ted ? ? 0 ?
18 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len (vc) ? ? 0 ?
15 Welch, Dick ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 15

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Bates, George ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 3 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
13 Chirgwin, Dick ? ? 0 ?
15 Cotter, Jack ? ? 0 ?
18 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Grant, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 1 ?
31 Hayes, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
8 Henderson, Reg ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
7 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
25 Scriven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
24 Smeaton, George ? ? 1 ?
19 Symons, Jack ? ? 3 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 7 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 13

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s